About the Authors
- Charles T. Spencer
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Contributed equally to this work with: Charles T. Spencer, Getahun Abate, Isaac G. Sakala
Current address: Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas, United States of America.
Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Allergy and Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
- Getahun Abate
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Contributed equally to this work with: Charles T. Spencer, Getahun Abate, Isaac G. Sakala
Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Allergy and Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
- Isaac G. Sakala
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Contributed equally to this work with: Charles T. Spencer, Getahun Abate, Isaac G. Sakala
Current address: Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America.
Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Allergy and Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
- Mei Xia
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Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Allergy and Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
- Steven M. Truscott
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Current address: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Beaumont Health System, Royal Oak, Missouri, United States of America.
Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Allergy and Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
- Christopher S. Eickhoff
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Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Allergy and Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
- Rebecca Linn
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Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Allergy and Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
- Azra Blazevic
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Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Allergy and Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
- Sunil S. Metkar
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Affiliation NorthShore University HealthSystems Research Institute, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America
- Guangyong Peng
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Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Allergy and Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
- Christopher J. Froelich
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Affiliation NorthShore University HealthSystems Research Institute, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America
- Daniel F. Hoft
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* E-mail: hoftdf@slu.edu
Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Allergy and Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: CTS GA IGS MX SMT CSE RL AB SSM GP CJF DFH. Performed the experiments: CTS GA IGS MX SMT CSE RL AB SSM. Analyzed the data: CTS GA IGS MX SMT CSE RL AB SSM GP CJF DFH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CTS GA IGS MX SMT CSE RL AB SSM GP CJF DFH. Wrote the paper: CTS GA IGS MX SMT CSE RL AB SSM GP CJF DFH.